Shooting the Shindig
Join Garr Montalbano, co-host Éric Fontenot, and occasional friends as they "shoot the shindig" about whatever comes to their wild minds — life, love, music, and substance. From the frivolous to the serious, you're in for a ride, man. Hey! Your refrigerator's running… to catch the shindig.
- Update frequency
- every 44 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 9
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
E9: Steve Caton
Welcome to the much-anticipated second season of Shooting the Shindig! This week Garr and Éric are joined by Steve Caton. Some will know him from playing guitar with Tori Amos, but he also builds gui…
E8: Scents, Socialism, & Cable-Access Television
Today join your intrepid young hosts Garr and Éric as they discuss scents, their primal rôle in attraction, and their relation with memories. They revisit Halloween, a holiday where you get to dress …
E7: Heckling the First Republican Debate (2023)
Welcome back once again as your intrepid hosts Garr Montalbano and Éric Fontenot yap over the first Republican debate, hosted by Fox News and Rumble. Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki …
E6: Phones, Lyndon Johnson, and Episodic Storytelling
Welcome back to your favorite shindig! Did you miss us? In this episode your hosts Garr and Éric reminisce about old phones, talk about how to structure a show within the season format, and reflect o…
E5: Airships, Holidays, & Relationships among Regular Friends
Your regular friends are back again to shoot the shindig! This episode concludes the trilogy of They Might Be Giants discussions (we promise, we probably won't talk about them again, at least for a l…
E4: Sex, Love, & Barry Goldwater
This week Garr and Éric are joined by their friend Richard (as well as Bruce). They discuss the differences between sex and love, compare Florida and Arizona, and swap personal stories. Will Richard …
E1: Insults, Dick Pics, & Shia LaBeouf
Join your friends Garr and Éric as they launch on the first episode of your favorite podcast! This episode covers Shia LaBeouf, dick pics, internet comments, insults, H. R. Pufnstuf, the Aquabats, an…
E3: The Fizzies Special
In this special episode your hosts Garr and Éric are joined by Mickey Kakes and Kevin Whaley, drummer and guitarist in Garr's '80s band the Fizzies. The band members talk about the music scene in LA …
E2: Mary Jane, Steve, and Their Friends
Garr and Éric discuss cannabis culture, parties, Prohibition, mushrooms, and other drug topics in this episode. Recorded 5 April 2023.